TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, August 30, 2009
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Fuego by Los Peyotes
Burn the Flames by Roky Erikson
Burn it Down by The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker
Cab it Up by The Fall
Push Up Man by The Fleshtones
Fairy Stories by The Black Lips
Love is All Around by Husker Du

The Rooster by The A-Bones
Daddy You Lied to Me by The Del Moroccos
Big Booty Woman by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Daddy Rolling Stone by Andre Williams & The Eldorados
Guess You Wouldn't Know Nothing 'bout That by Wiley & The Checkmates
Do the Wurst by King Salami & The Cumberland 3
Natural Man by The Dirtbombs
Certainly All by Eddie Jones
Rockabilly Madman by Screaming Lord Sutch
Cone of Light by The Almighty Defenders

The Body of an American by The Pogues
Division Street by The Polkaholics
Get Naked by The Fuzztones
A House is Not a Motel by Marshmallow Overcoat
Tell Tale Tit by The Roulettes
Samson & Delilah by Edison Rocket Train
Dead End Street by The Monsters
Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45) by The Circle Jerks

Electric Sweat by Mooney Suzuki
Bonyeard (Dick Tracy Theme) by The Blasters
Release the Bats by Birthday Party
Let Loose the Kracken by The Bald Guys
Sick Twist by The Neckbones
Red Head Walking by Beat Happening
Seething Psychosexual Conflict Blues by Figures of Light
Don't Fuck Around With Love by The Blenders
The Bug Jar by The Sadies
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

IT'S HERE! PODCAST 13: LABOR DAY BBQ

It's Labor Day season, time to honor the working men and women in this great land. And in particular, let's honor one particular type of worker: the barbecue cook.

This podcast features songs of labor, song of BBQ, plus a few side dishes in between. Artists here include The Waco Brothers, Jimmy Reed, the late great James Luther Dickinson, The Del-Lords The A-Bones, Los Peyotes, The Fuzztones, Mojo Nixon and many more. So come on down to the BBQ.

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(Background Music: Solidarity Forever by Joe Glaser)

Plenty Tuff and Union Made by The Waco Brothers

Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed

Dark as a Dungeon by The Maddox Brothers & Rose

Workin' Man by Hank Williams III

Working Man by Bo Diddley

Red Neck, Blue Collar by James Luther Dickinson

How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? by The Del-Lords

(Background Music: Work Song by Five to One Odds)

Mojo Workout by King Salami & The Cumberland 3

Fuego by Los Peyotes

Geraldine by The A-Bones

Baby Doll by The Del Moroccos

Headlock on My Johnson by The Fuzztones

(Background Music: Struttin' With Some Barbecue by Louis Armstrong & The Hot 5)

B.B.Q. U.S.A. by Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper

Texas Overture by Pere Ubu

Goin' on Down to the BBQ by Drywall

(Background Music: Cook Yer Enchiladas by Stephen W. Terrell)

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, August 28, 2009
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia by Merle Haggard
LSD Made a Wreck of Me by T. Tex Edwards & Out on Parole
Red Necks, White Socks & Blue Ribbon Beer by Johnny Russell
I've Got a Lot of Living to Do by Cornell Hurd
Over the Cliff by John Langford
Workin' For the Devil by Deano Waco & The Meat Purveyors
End of the Road by Jerry J. Nixon
Aw the Humanity by Rev. Horton Heat
Don't Break My Heart by Tne Del Moroccos
Mennonite Surf Party by Rev. Billy C. Wirtz

Throwin' Away My Money by Wayne Hancock
Drugstore Truck Driving Man by Jason & The Scorchers
Bedevilment by Heavy Trash
Black Slacks by The Hormonauts
Bar-BQ Bob by DM Bob & Country Jem
Blue Railroad Train by The Delmore Brothers
Midnight Train by Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio
I Feel So Good by Scott H. Biram
Hog Wild Too by PeeWee King
Bully of the Town by Joe Maphis

Hot Dog by Buck Owens
Cougar Mama by Quarter Mile Combo
Suits Are Pickin' Up the Bill by Squirrel Nut Zippers
Swingin' From Your Crystal Chandeliers by The Austin Lounge Lizards
Sulpher to Sugarcane by Elvis Costello
Clementine by Ethyl & The Regulars
Invitation to the Blues by Roger Miller

Wind Washed Water by Aimee Hoyt
Holy Roller by Young Edward
Keep it Your Pants by The Misery Jackals
I Love You a Thousand Ways by Lefty Frizzel
Can't You See I'm Soulful by Eleni Mandell
The Selfishness of Man by Buddy & Julie Miller
The Long Way Home by Hot Club of Cowtown
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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TERRELL'S TUNEUP: SHAKE THEM A-BONES

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
August 28, 2009

Longtime — and I mean real longtime — Rolling Stones fans will immediately recognize the cover of the A-Bones’ new album. It’s a spoof of the cover of the Stones’ 1965 LP The Rolling Stones, Now!

This wasn’t considered one of the Stones’ major albums. There was only one hit to speak of and a minor one at that — “Heart of Stone.” Now! mostly consists of old R & B, blues, and first-generation rock tunes — Solomon Burke’s “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love,” Bo Diddley’s “Mona (I Need You, Baby)” Howlin’ Wolf’s “Little Red Rooster,” and Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me.” It was before the Stones started writing anthems or socially significant statements, before they were considered “artists,” before they assumed the mantle of the World’s Greatest Rock Band — when they simply played great rock ’n’ roll.

The A-Bones aren’t one of those neo-Stones bands, like the Chesterfield Kings, and they don’t sound much like Mick and the lads. But on their new record, The A-Bones, Not Now!, they capture some of the spirit of that early album and share the Stones’ love for greasy old blues and R & B. In fact, you could argue that the Bones go for greasier, nastier, and definitely more obscure source material than the Stones did.

A little bit about this band: the A-Bones are a project of singer Billy Miller and drummer/singer Miriam Linna, a couple whose other major project is Norton Records, a label specializing in the raw, the primitive. and the all-around bitchen — whether it’s old Flamin’ Groovies obscurities, vast Charlie Feathers or Hasil Adkins collections, tributes to Sam the Sham, or albums of little-known R & B shouters. Though the A-Bones have appeared backing other artists on various Norton records, Not Now! is their first album in more than a dozen years. Fortunately, they’ve kept their basic sound.

Aided by Lars Espensen on tenor sax, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan on guitar and piano, Bruce Bennett on guitar, and a bassist known as Marcus the Carcass, the A-Bones sound like those anonymous bands playing at sinister nightclubs or hopped-up youth dance parties in black-and-white teen exploitation movies. A little dangerous, a little sleazy, but ultimately inviting because they’re so much fun.

The album starts out with a tune called “Geraldine,” which begins with loud ominous voodoo drums and screaming ape calls. Espensen blows some seductive sax riffs and the song settles into a Diddleyesque groove as Miller begins singing.

Not Now! never lets up. There are some frantic instrumentals like “Restless” and “Catnip” and funny Coasters-like romps such as “He Sure Could Hypnotize” and “Jupiter Bulldog.” Linna, who wails like a hillbilly cheerleader in heat, shines on rockers like “The Lover’s Curse” and “Bad Times.”

One of the standouts on this album is a tune that sounds a little bit like folk rock — or at least as close to folk rock as the A-Bones are ever going to get. “Shallow Grave,” written by Andy Shernoff of the Dictators, is about serial killer Charles “Smitty” Schmid, dubbed “the Pied Piper of Tucson” and known for his ability to attract teenage girls. Miller sounds surprisingly tender here, especially for a song that has a line like “one foot stickin’ from a shallow grave in Tucson.”
I know it can’t be easy running a record company, but I hope Miller and Linna don’t take another 15 years to produce the next A-Bones album.

Also recommended:

* Blue Black Hair by The Del Moroccos. This Chicago group can certainly help keep the party going. The Del Moroccos are a little more polished than the A-Bones, and frontwoman Gabrielle Sutton doesn’t sing with quite the same menace as Miriam or Billy. But they’ve got the right idea — rockabilly guitar, honking sax, etc. They sound hungry and horny and they’re lots of fun.

I suspect this group is a hundred times better in person. But that’s not knocking the album. There’s plenty here to love. The band saves the best for the first, a spicy little rocker called “Baby Doll.” It’s the type of tune that the Detroit Cobras do so well. Sutton, come to think of it, has a voice similar to that of the Cobras’ Rachel Nagy.

Most of the songs are obscurities or originals. There are also covers of some recognizable classics like Ronnie Dawson’s “Action Packed” and Etta James’ “I’d Rather Go Blind.” Though that last one has been done by lots of takers, this version has something of an Angelo Badalamenti vibe. In fact, the slow, reverb-heavy guitar that starts off the song will make the ears of Twin Peaks fans perk up. But even cooler is “El Tren de La Costa,” which has the same melody as “Train Kept a Rollin’ ” but is sung in Spanish.

WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT BIG ENCHILADA PODCAST ...

Check out the newly launched podcast from the unstoppable Norton Records, Norton's House of Wax. It's hosted by the lovely Miriam and full of crazy treats from the mighty Norton catalogue.

The debut podcast focuses on the incredible I Still Hate CDs compilation.

Read about it HERE or go right to iTunes to listen and/or subscribe.

Be sure to check out all the fine podcasts on my Fellow Travelers list on The Big Enchilada site. (It's on the right-side column.)

Hopefully the new Big Enchilada podcast will be up by the end of the weekend. Watch this space.